[TriLUG] Adding https to an existing Apache server

[jeremyp at pobox.com]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Jon Carnes wrote:

> Anyone have any thoughts on adding https to an Apache server.  I'm not 
> against a re-install.

Running Red Hat?  Just rpm -Uvh mod_ssl.whatever.rpm.  You do have to set
up the certificates, but it's well documented. Read the comments in the
default httpd.conf for how to set up the SSL virtual host.

I did this recently; installing mod_ssl was simple (although I did rpm
--rebuild to get it working on RH6.2, as is normal).  The tricky part is
getting the certificate keys set up correctly.  Are you going to self-sign
or buy a certificate from Versign, et al.?

--Jeremy